My house too! In March we sold our 2018 Nissan Leaf (for 5K more than we paid for it used in March of 2021). We ordered a Mustang Mach E (should be here in July). Our house generates way more power than we use, even with an EV.
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"Hey! We left this England place because it was bogus, and if we don't get some cool rules ourselves, pronto, we'll just be bogus too!" -- Thomas Jefferson
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My brother loves his Mach E. I was looking forward to riding in it at Thanksgiving, but I was too sick.
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Our son has one. We traded him our Leaf for a week (I don’t think he actually drove it, though; he works from home and never goes anywhere). I loved, loved, loved the Mach E. The Leaf was OK, but in the winter I didn’t have the range to make it home from Northern Virginia if I had the heat turned on.Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 1:24 pm My brother loves his Mach E. I was looking forward to riding in it at Thanksgiving, but I was too sick.
So, to stay on topic, suck it, Ted Cruz!
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They had guns to buy and were working on making it harder to vote.
Governor Roller Nazi for the win!
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I hear the Attorney General, who has somehow continued to elude the inside of a prison cell, is hard on the trail of twitter bots in order to protect Texans.
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This is why you participate in a regional interconnection.
Oh, sorry.. Don't mess with Texas!
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Sooner or later the grid will fail.
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Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls Would scarcely get your feet wet
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Interesting..
https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2021/0817Is the Texas 'Energy-Only' Market Adequate?
Texas is the only state in the U.S. with an “energy-only” electricity market, where generators are paid only for the electricity they deliver. This is based on the premise that higher electricity prices during heavier-demand periods incentivize power plant development within the Texas grid. This contrasts with the more common “capacity market,” where generators are required to own certain levels of reserve capacity.
Renewable power’s growing presence generally decreases wholesale electricity prices on sunny and windy days and causes thermal power plants to experience more hours offline. This has reduced the economic incentive to build and properly maintain thermal power plants.
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So… Texas’ grid doesn’t work in the winter *or* the summer?
Three cheers for deregulation, y’all.
It’s going to be well over 100 degrees in much of Texas today. This is crazy.
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"no market solution available"
Nobody could have predicted this. /s
Nobody could have predicted this. /s
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Meanwhile, my employer here in Michigan just happily sold some reserve capacity to utilities in east Texas that don't participate in ERCOT.
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Question: would the other main US electric grid even have reserve capacities this time of the year to trickle some electrons into TX ?
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Kevin mentioned above your comment that his employer in Michigan sold some reserve capacity to a non-ERCOT provider in Michigan, so I think that answer is probably yes. Actually, temps in my neck of the woods are down in the upper 70s to low 80s so we probably have extra capacity as well.
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Sure they could, Enron traders designed it to happen this way. Exactly this way.
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If ERCOT isn't connected to the national grid, how do those electrons get to Texas?W. Kevin Vicklund wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2022 6:40 pm Meanwhile, my employer here in Michigan just happily sold some reserve capacity to utilities in east Texas that don't participate in ERCOT.
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There are utilities in east Texas which don't participate in ERCOT, and those utilities are connected to the national grid.keith wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2022 10:47 pmIf ERCOT isn't connected to the national grid, how do those electrons get to Texas?W. Kevin Vicklund wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2022 6:40 pm Meanwhile, my employer here in Michigan just happily sold some reserve capacity to utilities in east Texas that don't participate in ERCOT.
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Co-workers in Austin are experiencing rolling black-outs. Apparently this is not an entirely uncommon thing there, I am told.
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I'm trying not to type in all caps. But, JFC! YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE? NOW? THIS HASN'T OCCURRED TO YOU UNTIL NOW?Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron wrote: ERCOT didn't think this summer would be as hot as it actually is, interim CEO is 'concerned about the future'
Heads should be rolling. Years ago.
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And don't forget to dump your governor and senators whilst you are at it.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 2:15 pmI'm trying not to type in all caps. But, JFC! YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE? NOW? THIS HASN'T OCCURRED TO YOU UNTIL NOW?Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron wrote: ERCOT didn't think this summer would be as hot as it actually is, interim CEO is 'concerned about the future'
Heads should be rolling. Years ago.
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My prediction? They won't be happy, but they will blame it on teh "green" and definitely not go over to Beto.
But one can hope.
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It's only a matter of time before some idiot complains about windmills stealing all the electricity.
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